MYTILOS
Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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Set | This cruise is part of the set MYTILOS |
Ship | Téthys II |
Ship owner | CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020 |
Dates | 17/06/2005 - 18/07/2005 |
Chief scientist(s) | ANDRAL Bruno |
IFREMER CENTRE DE MÉDITERRANÉE Zone portuaire de Brégaillon CS20330 83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER CEDEX +33 (0)4 94.30.48.00 |
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DOI | 10.17600/5450160 |
Objective | Assessment of chemical contamination in coastal water masses (Spain, France, Italy), using artificial stations of mussels and passive sensors. The MYTILOS 1 cruise aimed to use the RINBIO network methodology around the western Mediterranean. Experiments done in the French Mediterranean since 1996 by IFREMER will be extended to Spanish and Italian Mediterranean coasts on the basis of a standardized protocol. The data will supplement those obtained in 2004 during the RINBIOC1 cruise by including the islands of the western basin, the south of Spain and Italy. In addition, the results will be used to complement the chemical contamination budget made in the framework of the European Water Framework Directive's implementation. The survey was based on 2 major actions: 1) Retrieving artificial mussel bed stations immersed in March with R/V l'Europe along a shoreline between Malaga (Spain) and Rome (Italy), including the Balearic Islands, Sardinia and Sicily. 2) Gellyfish-type "passive" sensor stations were deployed along with some of the artificial mussel bed stations. This falls under the MYTILOS project. |